Common Symbol Set Codes

Code

Symbol Set

Code

Symbol Set

 

 

 

 

8U

HP Roman-8 Symbol Set

19U

Windows 3.1 Latin 1

 

 

 

 

10U

IBM Layout (PC-8) (code page 437) Default

9E

Windows 3.1 Latin 2 (commonly used in Eastern

 

Symbol Set

 

Europe)

 

 

 

 

12U

IBM Layout for Europe (PC-850) (code page 850)

5T

Windows 3.1 Latin 5 (commonly used in Turkey)

 

 

 

 

8M

Math-8

579L

Wingdings Font

 

 

 

 

Point size (or pitch) is another variable. In the following example, “12U” has been filled in for the PC-850 symbol set and “12v” for the point size. This printer command would select a 12 point Univers Medium font.

?(12U?(s1p12v0s0b4148T

Setup Strings

Some software applications, like older versions of Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS, require setup strings with PCL printer commands. In the following example, the Lotus escape character (\027) is shown. This setup string would be used to change the orientation to landscape, select the PC-8 symbol set with line draw characters, select the small Line Printer font and change the line spacing to 8.8 lines-per-inch.

\027&l1O\027(10U\027(s0p16.67h8.5v0s0b0T\027&l8.8D

Common PCL Printer Commands

Function

Command

Options (#)

 

 

 

 

Job Control Commands

 

 

 

Reset

?E

n/a

 

 

 

Number of Copies

?&l#X

1 to 999

 

 

 

 

2 sided/1 sided printing

?&l#S

0

= Simplex (1 sided) printing

 

 

1

= Duplex (2 sided) with long edge binding

 

 

2

= Duplex (2 sided) with short edge binding

 

 

 

 

Page Control Commands

 

 

 

 

Page Length and Size

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paper Source

?&l#H

0

= prints or ejects current page

 

 

1 = Tray 2

 

 

2

= manual feed, paper

 

 

3

= manual feed, envelope

 

 

4 = Tray 1

 

 

 

 

E-4 PCL Printer Commands

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